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Show LITTLE DOING IN THE HOUSE. Brief Speech on Tariff Comprises All of Interest. WASHINGTON, Jar.. 8. With over an hour devoted to the District of Columbia, there was left but a half-hour to be do-voted do-voted by the House today to tariff clls-CUSSlpn clls-CUSSlpn This was utilized by Mr. Sullivan Sulli-van of Massachusetts, who spoke strongly strong-ly for tariff revision from tne Democratic standpoint Discusses Tariff Bill. At 1:20 o'clock the Philippine tariff bill wai taken Up and Mr Sullivan drllvered a speech on It. He said the House had been somewhat astonished Saturday to hear a tariff revision speech from a Republican Re-publican member from Massachusetts (Mr. Lawrence). Mr Sullivan said that B ,,,.Tig the people of his State there was, regardless of party, a universal demand for tariff revision. lb contended that Mr. Payne, In charge of the pending bill, had 1, 1 absolutely In showing that there was no necessity for protecting American labor Mr Sullivan in reply to questions. Said that he believed It would be entirely proper for any party In power to take Into consideration American labor if it could be shown and clearly shown, that there was need for protection. Takes Issue With Grosvenor Is a. wuf taken hy Mr Billlvan with n recent statement of Mr Crosvenor of Ohio that, notwithstanding the threatened threat-ened tariff war by German that N'itflon .vlll l,r compelled to buy foodstuffs of us H offered Mr Grosvenor unlimited time to explain the ground for this assertion, but this was declined He concluded si o' lock and the Souse adjourned. |